Emmy Doc Winners: When the Levees Broke, Lion in the House, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, Planet Earth, oh yeah, & Dick in a Box

The Creative Arts portion of the Emmy Awards were handed out tonight at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and more than a handful of the 65 categories announced tonight (the "major" categories will be announced during the live televised event next Sunday) went to nonfiction films and series.  We posted a full list of nominees here, and the winners tonight were:

Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking (possibility of more than one winner)

A LION IN THE HOUSE (Independent Lens) • PBS
Steven Bognar, Producer
Julia Reichert, Producer
Sally Jo Fifer, Executive Producer
Lois Vossen, Series Producer

WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS • HBO
Sam Pollard, Producer
Spike Lee, Producer
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Jacqueline Glover, Supervising Producer

Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming

WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS • HBO
Spike Lee, Director

Outstanding Nonfiction Special

GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB • HBO

 Outstanding Nonfiction Series

PLANET EARTH • Discovery Channel

Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming

POLE TO POLE • Discovery Channel
Doug Allan, Cinematographer
Martyn Colbeck, Cinematographer
Paul Stewart, Cinematographer
Simon King, Cinematographer
Michael Kelem, Cinematographer
Wade Fairley, Cinematographer

Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming

WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS • HBO
Sam Pollard, Supervising Editor
Geeta Gandbhir, Editor
Nancy Novack, Editor

Outstanding Writing For Nonfiction Programming

AMERICAN MASTERS • ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM • PBS
James Sanders, Written By
Ric Burns, Written By

Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera)

PLANET EARTH • Pole To Pole • Discovery Channel
Kate Hopkins, Sound Editor

Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera)

AMERICAN MASTERS • ATLANTIC RECORDS: THE HOUSE THAT AHMET BUILT • PBS
Ed Campbell, Sound Mixer

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Among tonight's other notable winners were Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake for SNL's sensation, Dick in a Box, for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (who knew "put your junk in that box" was award-winning?), Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List won for Outstanding Reality Program.  The Amazing Race took the awards for Cinematography and Editing in a Reality Series (congrats to my friend Peter Rieveschl on his Emmy for Cinematography).  And HBO's The Addiction Project won a Governor's Award (the other went to American Idol Gives Back).